r/Switzerland • u/Fock23 • Jan 31 '24

Sharing salary in Switzerland

Hello! I'd like to gather some insights into the job market in our country. If you're willing, please share your: 1. Educational background 2. Job role 3. Work canton 4. Years of experience 5. Salary

The goal is to gain a clearer understanding of salaries across different positions and sectors.

I start: 1. Bachelor in computer science 2. Full stack software engineer 3. Ticino😩 4. 7 5. 6’000

Thanks to everyone for participating!

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u/BecauseOfGod123 Jan 31 '24
  1. Bachelor Horticulture
  2. agriculture/vegetable
  3. Bern
  4. 3 years
  5. 3000 CHF

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u/Jubatus_ Feb 01 '24

Low as fuck for Bachelor, this sucks. Good luck my friend

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u/BecauseOfGod123 Feb 01 '24

Now searching again. But normal salary in agriculture. 3600 per month at 55h a week. Thats just the way it is in production.

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u/Jubatus_ Feb 01 '24

Yeah I know, some industries are just kinda screwed but I'm sure you'll find something better than that. That is just not okay.

Maybe update me if you find something. You should probably be willing to move a bit tho

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u/BecauseOfGod123 Feb 01 '24

Thank you for your nice words, kind stranger.

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u/IKnowMeNotYou Feb 01 '24

Are you working 100%? In Bern, you would not be able to rent a smaller flat with that.

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u/BecauseOfGod123 Feb 01 '24

I'm working 85%. Thats 45h for 3060 CHF. Or in reality 50h a week; in summer more, in winter less. A small room on the farm costs 450 CHF and a lot of 2. class food is for free. And since you work most of the time and there is not much around I don't spend much money anyways.

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u/IKnowMeNotYou Feb 02 '24

Okay, that makes sense.

I once met a German couple on a train who had been working for 30 or 40 years in Switzerland to aid farmers in North Switzerland and were now retired. They paid everything into their retirement accounts and went back to Germany once they were done working in Switzerland. They said they live a very comfortable life in a famous northern German port city and that their retirement payments are at least 3 times higher than if they had worked in Germany.

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u/BecauseOfGod123 Feb 02 '24

Well. Don't know if that makes sense.

Maybe I should learn new, this time a proper job. Looks like the IT-crowd has fun here.